tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54733982782568985952024-03-18T23:14:40.269+00:00 Barkeep's Blog - VollsangerWelcome to my World...Vollsangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482622602969013598noreply@blogger.comBlogger3877125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473398278256898595.post-7129579033421728682024-03-18T22:26:00.006+00:002024-03-18T22:36:50.019+00:0018th March 2024 - At last starting work on the Lower Quarter and clearing Ponds<h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>Thought for the day :"Think I will try the Dolly Parton diet to lose a few pounds. It made Joe Lean, Joe Lean"</i></h3><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Rain 56 : Dry 21</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Bag 18</i><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">.</i></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Was dry most of the day - but a sprinkling of rain this evening means that it still qualifies as a Rainy day!</i></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">But popped down to Nancy to pick up Rosy and bring it back for an MOT in the village. Hopefully, it will be done tomorrow morning and will pass. </i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Back to the homestead and it was bright enough to get some work done ...</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Used the new Canopy and set it up - the ground is so wet that I needed to go back and get my wellies.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Put down a couple of pallets and planked them with the recovered raised walkways.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">This will provide a shelter for me to start splitting the wood ready to dry it.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Need to take the splitter down tomorrow - ran the electric down today from the Yurt to the canopy. </i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4KzalEIJKk57hphxKoRY534mxUq2zLM0OWziz1liAVK-jeufTKwkHLFrNH4Sieqqh8yWsbCWiNjwXTVQXaOMJKzjxuwCp2vQthibE5tAiAUKK8Cmvqu15i3fTlZgMavIQpV5d4Lvu83SMe_MdBSAEDQ1GdphT3ulfdaabqGDpwZzcSMGU4-5D_8Z1VuvW/s4160/IMG_20240318_162350.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4KzalEIJKk57hphxKoRY534mxUq2zLM0OWziz1liAVK-jeufTKwkHLFrNH4Sieqqh8yWsbCWiNjwXTVQXaOMJKzjxuwCp2vQthibE5tAiAUKK8Cmvqu15i3fTlZgMavIQpV5d4Lvu83SMe_MdBSAEDQ1GdphT3ulfdaabqGDpwZzcSMGU4-5D_8Z1VuvW/s320/IMG_20240318_162350.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div>Meanwhile, Susie was well kitted out to clear the weed out of the ponds </i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCMmel-L9zidd7sFYavG3glevCvPFugWKi5p7D2wy_j3Nn3Ho5zR_uIiQ1xMDwThVFUhHBCKZ5hS83priykaCTDdn-_gbWWjiJb73X4TTLlS9rT6qsVxbSCoNHNKp7A-DgkWve7U3bVjC3uOWHdxbbejxYP4O4uK3DWC_1jglhM5PU79SUnq1xnOhX6zL/s4160/IMG_20240318_145806.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCMmel-L9zidd7sFYavG3glevCvPFugWKi5p7D2wy_j3Nn3Ho5zR_uIiQ1xMDwThVFUhHBCKZ5hS83priykaCTDdn-_gbWWjiJb73X4TTLlS9rT6qsVxbSCoNHNKp7A-DgkWve7U3bVjC3uOWHdxbbejxYP4O4uK3DWC_1jglhM5PU79SUnq1xnOhX6zL/s320/IMG_20240318_145806.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div>New full length gloves also worked well </i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdL9f_U64cqlYjtxQgHNoNRbguLRi_0OXwfjjHHhzVZl9hp70MnupYGJGzZfhbkYoaMs_RkMt-crkQDXgmXL_hgvdg6n8BwNeabHNNsYvGArh3e1X8qk_1rqW5lssvO8Ge6Lb00WQJlZNKz8JbLluja7aUy24TQuJ4Pk0IcDF-uUi6cg3GbRbrz816XiX4/s4160/IMG_20240318_145749.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdL9f_U64cqlYjtxQgHNoNRbguLRi_0OXwfjjHHhzVZl9hp70MnupYGJGzZfhbkYoaMs_RkMt-crkQDXgmXL_hgvdg6n8BwNeabHNNsYvGArh3e1X8qk_1rqW5lssvO8Ge6Lb00WQJlZNKz8JbLluja7aUy24TQuJ4Pk0IcDF-uUi6cg3GbRbrz816XiX4/s320/IMG_20240318_145749.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div>Lower Quarter<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUW_zD5N3Bcz8nM0PgwfuZk7wLwzfELf-x1-XmGDiuFkUuv3DcJ-YsnJBT_EhyxmX2b7GOelvxSb1lMzo8Wt8zHORmohVb9Wir1n6c5INTlbESjFQqA2SCeAtr36XBlEu7PE_OpsEWGhpPbWe6v_Jw3ri2JJpmzWpiqOGcwysRfV4La5_5w0-j-R9uw9H4/s4160/IMG_20240318_145535.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUW_zD5N3Bcz8nM0PgwfuZk7wLwzfELf-x1-XmGDiuFkUuv3DcJ-YsnJBT_EhyxmX2b7GOelvxSb1lMzo8Wt8zHORmohVb9Wir1n6c5INTlbESjFQqA2SCeAtr36XBlEu7PE_OpsEWGhpPbWe6v_Jw3ri2JJpmzWpiqOGcwysRfV4La5_5w0-j-R9uw9H4/s320/IMG_20240318_145535.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div>Daffs coming out well on the Tree Trunk</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHCVbkpQyUz2lsy2aAFo8dPG4vJaZKzHXPaWa-X_bZboSILk53_l1MXQqzl6GqOvZI6Jdx-6t9iJTBdYQEASHoy__6Hm6x0FKYHA1AVgYJJNqP128QP65gwsV48vDCAViYKWgDpM5d4QpCsyGJI7Wdl4Y65EJMcw0_-zzI3aow3kMeeXEJvYK_y-SfKqt0/s4160/IMG_20240318_145531.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHCVbkpQyUz2lsy2aAFo8dPG4vJaZKzHXPaWa-X_bZboSILk53_l1MXQqzl6GqOvZI6Jdx-6t9iJTBdYQEASHoy__6Hm6x0FKYHA1AVgYJJNqP128QP65gwsV48vDCAViYKWgDpM5d4QpCsyGJI7Wdl4Y65EJMcw0_-zzI3aow3kMeeXEJvYK_y-SfKqt0/s320/IMG_20240318_145531.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div>Tulips will be out soon as well</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyd4lmvS0mt-ZftHu-htqg8IvZaQxwog1NLBhwRnvGemHAlFXDnZxokfG3Mq60Rh_7LishYazXl8g9oLDrfQI-rw71tej5vdpv4Hym9uQyBKOr0yU4FFJiGl0j7qsFMY1XBfnjpmViGdNmWGdIcX8qHV1KNmaOW13gfI86uhamgVTt7Zezn6wWyIIGHgW/s4160/IMG_20240318_145528.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyd4lmvS0mt-ZftHu-htqg8IvZaQxwog1NLBhwRnvGemHAlFXDnZxokfG3Mq60Rh_7LishYazXl8g9oLDrfQI-rw71tej5vdpv4Hym9uQyBKOr0yU4FFJiGl0j7qsFMY1XBfnjpmViGdNmWGdIcX8qHV1KNmaOW13gfI86uhamgVTt7Zezn6wWyIIGHgW/s320/IMG_20240318_145528.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div>Susie in her Glory <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJ7pcCaDlT5nis7iqxKk4aaRuslMe-MJJFA6WqtiepFyN8Tb4x-Jkq1D_yHHl0vwUApJlL2DJAaC8wzjjXcNjmdpIA3-lccte8s9e1NdOzbPO00az471lPcVzK_rrH_eUR_Qvha2QisVJprALKd9b2NSQj0RMNDrz2STkJDkK9J7t6XnVqrEqy0j1YJKh/s4160/IMG_20240318_144756.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJ7pcCaDlT5nis7iqxKk4aaRuslMe-MJJFA6WqtiepFyN8Tb4x-Jkq1D_yHHl0vwUApJlL2DJAaC8wzjjXcNjmdpIA3-lccte8s9e1NdOzbPO00az471lPcVzK_rrH_eUR_Qvha2QisVJprALKd9b2NSQj0RMNDrz2STkJDkK9J7t6XnVqrEqy0j1YJKh/s320/IMG_20240318_144756.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div>And some fungi <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhplm3HhYd6LVzYbPd4IiZEq_Wkfzi25EvuInuvIQIeDfcf_XzDW-NawOe_bKhLIBkG8278vJSQfYmtUwpqMvP3E4Vi3H7dew0p1OZbcFWFFvUMjSyP_bZQZGEoJaMKhgbMWKjzAPYZj9n4DBpAoP9oS7uuYMoNdMf_w4HfFnclo3CGRETHZ7gqjQlE2PiH/s4160/IMG_20240318_135939.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhplm3HhYd6LVzYbPd4IiZEq_Wkfzi25EvuInuvIQIeDfcf_XzDW-NawOe_bKhLIBkG8278vJSQfYmtUwpqMvP3E4Vi3H7dew0p1OZbcFWFFvUMjSyP_bZQZGEoJaMKhgbMWKjzAPYZj9n4DBpAoP9oS7uuYMoNdMf_w4HfFnclo3CGRETHZ7gqjQlE2PiH/s320/IMG_20240318_135939.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Cheers !</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOQDpNbVqdZmLZJIQEhbaDJSi-Lnkd5LZs8zONyx4NaI_coXmnHiwucAvGJ872kgU7NFTPQq4JQ8mZWguMnpPBVoeILB9p6qiLRs1O5FrxbYN5WRhQBCyi5PIbipmjUYsxmwLaUTHbAQAwSsf5fYPRHdxaZxxxEexP5GdyLK_ppM-Ra_hBaMJB2wrbcAC/s562/18032024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="518" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOQDpNbVqdZmLZJIQEhbaDJSi-Lnkd5LZs8zONyx4NaI_coXmnHiwucAvGJ872kgU7NFTPQq4JQ8mZWguMnpPBVoeILB9p6qiLRs1O5FrxbYN5WRhQBCyi5PIbipmjUYsxmwLaUTHbAQAwSsf5fYPRHdxaZxxxEexP5GdyLK_ppM-Ra_hBaMJB2wrbcAC/s320/18032024.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><br /><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div>Vollsangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482622602969013598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473398278256898595.post-65471017774818994412024-03-17T21:08:00.001+00:002024-03-17T21:08:05.037+00:0017th March 2024 - Family Visit for Sunday Lunch<h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>Thought for the day :"To measure Puns you should use a sighsmograph"</i></h3><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Rain 55 : Dry 21</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Bag 18</i><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">.</i></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">A picture of the Welsh Wind Distillery Gin that we will be using at the Easter Opening </i></div><div style="background-color: white; 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color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Visit from the family today, with a full company of Stu, Nancy, Wren, Erin, And Torren</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">And the sun came out after a torrential start to the day.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Quick shot of Nancy </div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcNewkhDomMKEZIB2x1pEbmAA_oub2y8yx08l_SKgvyRBaJy0etJvT1RS0l1TiM1I-K_BIZCA09lTH9cJ8cJeq8_rQmA74feCJ5298xZ5ZBBXkj4jsxc5MgB3H_9-8A4PdJkfkB9c6gU1CAQpvw7xTtE7MyDynQNiLWL_Yyr7spdf1qiF6P4EB21A_wog/s4160/IMG_20240317_151711.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Absolutely nothing on our trees,</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">I know we are always a little behind but it seems that this year we are a long way back.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">River was quite high - but sis not stop the dogs enjoying - though Toby struggled a little with the current.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; 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font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Rain 54 : Dry 21</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Bag 18</i><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Early start to get up to Bangor for 10.30am - though in fact it is quicker to get to Bangor than it is to make my trip down to Abergavenny, the latter takes me 3 hours and I managed the trip North in 2 hours 40, without pushing it ... </i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Got back before 5pm - which is pretty good for a Masonic Day Trip.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">But had a nice meeting in Bangor for Athelstan - with two candidates for Instruction. Did the final address and stepped into the Circle of 9 as the Marshal so had some fun as well.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Lovely Welcome from everyone as the only visitor.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6X6lJuKJBbnEaSBMkBXGw7FTIsz_-_Z9bkbheFS4JM57A2oP9aRDMAgLdMaEu6FT3f7n5t5bqAoa2Y4g9nYFc9YYlqEPZP4l51rcX6Pei1r-5QZY9x83pDIxU6_EwT_6RCJdsoz6f4yhPnEbme8918c5e4lFYFHlr5dvrtqg0UD_NvoCSRZZgp5Nv-A3/s2016/IMG-20240316-WA0005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Rain 53 : Dry 21</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Bag 18</i><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">.</i></div></div><div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><p>Flowers form the Kitchen</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-81G_HoQXf0TsRCh94i2vQjHNhY7uvCeex9Ju3auVB8rBPbvJUGcP2PAHsTcjcqooXIAwbgHAwnmqrDOBtdyVYTfkQV5ESodZnh8giobcvTj4DQuApR6NnKBgWhrYE17pNnyj_QNIPOS8A9Z1jBGdnwXHJSJEO3Wh1biXG1rWnu7SG6h1wRXCjdK-pSPs/s4160/IMG_20240314_112852.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-81G_HoQXf0TsRCh94i2vQjHNhY7uvCeex9Ju3auVB8rBPbvJUGcP2PAHsTcjcqooXIAwbgHAwnmqrDOBtdyVYTfkQV5ESodZnh8giobcvTj4DQuApR6NnKBgWhrYE17pNnyj_QNIPOS8A9Z1jBGdnwXHJSJEO3Wh1biXG1rWnu7SG6h1wRXCjdK-pSPs/s320/IMG_20240314_112852.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Vollsangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482622602969013598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473398278256898595.post-33778223396483284912024-03-14T22:39:00.001+00:002024-03-14T22:39:03.169+00:0014th March 2024 - Preparing for Easter at the Crimson Moon<h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>Thought for the day :"I am entering an Iron Man Competition. Do you think 10 shirts will be enough?"</i></h3><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Rain 52 : Dry 21</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Bag 18</i><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">.</i></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Poster out for the Easter weekend</i></div><div style="background-color: white; 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color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Negotiated with the local Distillery With the Welsh Wind - and will be advertising accordingly.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVHJb4XxSQ1KgZv4roWSNkVjiQVrdFfnDVvjtCgqnj224Ka5RV70uWUsSN57O9nrBJYjIB-LUZn0z4FicxLHZ1Y9I-G6vDkXVSnWFHrPE0fa3chKB3vVxN02jBQzFAjJjP3ShsGojGyUxLlCJz7mpUq2Q6SNDV5Wx9EVIPhEuRWOtQMlj1GesD7fvxMOc/s1920/welshwind.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVHJb4XxSQ1KgZv4roWSNkVjiQVrdFfnDVvjtCgqnj224Ka5RV70uWUsSN57O9nrBJYjIB-LUZn0z4FicxLHZ1Y9I-G6vDkXVSnWFHrPE0fa3chKB3vVxN02jBQzFAjJjP3ShsGojGyUxLlCJz7mpUq2Q6SNDV5Wx9EVIPhEuRWOtQMlj1GesD7fvxMOc/s320/welshwind.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9cF8eNEHksO34KzFomCVZOK4eWbw5Wl-dpvVde9nmE10SvTTgfdlgbGHsTLpM8o18Xx_9KOHf9D5CK7VoLDboOwSjyMjljSUGLveXnzzD1R-Zc9L45_JZgLrhWDMwdUDS0qX9AC_ckoqQEyZnscSi0RFEzoCirdUqrdJ6SFs053A_TFUzlFTcHISK4OX/s591/hwyl_haf.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="591" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9cF8eNEHksO34KzFomCVZOK4eWbw5Wl-dpvVde9nmE10SvTTgfdlgbGHsTLpM8o18Xx_9KOHf9D5CK7VoLDboOwSjyMjljSUGLveXnzzD1R-Zc9L45_JZgLrhWDMwdUDS0qX9AC_ckoqQEyZnscSi0RFEzoCirdUqrdJ6SFs053A_TFUzlFTcHISK4OX/s320/hwyl_haf.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>In other news:</b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;">On March 14th 1966, St Teilo's Church at Llandeilo Tal-y-Bont, near Pontarddulais, was designated as a world heritage site. </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiAXIe-JURpWLuqyOsmfxIw5MV8cqEzQ_JiOQiKd5AQX0Ex8NjFJun5daG2v6rwWGGgEa0cMja2rB1weOSU3j_FrFq_CxdOP_EqXZ38BjWa-PjSESZRSXu9SNdJ248JN_5R2ulawDA03BW755Zs6QpKlFwkVqjzvb9fjCBhAv_zWoocMo3WEfwjWMVUkEc/s282/teilo1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="178" data-original-width="282" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiAXIe-JURpWLuqyOsmfxIw5MV8cqEzQ_JiOQiKd5AQX0Ex8NjFJun5daG2v6rwWGGgEa0cMja2rB1weOSU3j_FrFq_CxdOP_EqXZ38BjWa-PjSESZRSXu9SNdJ248JN_5R2ulawDA03BW755Zs6QpKlFwkVqjzvb9fjCBhAv_zWoocMo3WEfwjWMVUkEc/s1600/teilo1.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;">The church is thought to date to the late 12th century on the site of a 6th-century Christian church. It was almost certainly a stopping point for pilgrims on their way to St David’s, before they made the difficult crossing of the River Loughor to continue their journey. It is dedicated to Teilo (born c.500), an evangelising Christian who may well have <span style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><a style="animation-name: none; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>been active in the area in the period following the Roman's withdrawal from Britain. Teilo was reputed to be a cousin, friend and disciple of Saint David.</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRzePM-C-tqCS9HnqaaJJf3CsuD9_A5LXKkVv1nTf07DFv1X-gpl2b0TEswMl5h5IozNlo_dlt2XWV3SuMu3F1mBkl7btL_etBAPaQIhWxLiOrRQr2Ka-XJ6hlLnyFG10C_mo7dWj9eNj96D5wZF8PE7ULVYAlEnArRqgCKvb8b2_q3RlsdMGPmA24VdFb/s275/teilo2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRzePM-C-tqCS9HnqaaJJf3CsuD9_A5LXKkVv1nTf07DFv1X-gpl2b0TEswMl5h5IozNlo_dlt2XWV3SuMu3F1mBkl7btL_etBAPaQIhWxLiOrRQr2Ka-XJ6hlLnyFG10C_mo7dWj9eNj96D5wZF8PE7ULVYAlEnArRqgCKvb8b2_q3RlsdMGPmA24VdFb/s1600/teilo2.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;">The church at Llandeilo Tal-y-Bont was situated on marsh land beside the River Loughor, which often flooded the paths leading to it by up to 4 feet deep making it extremely difficult for the people to attend. After 1850, the Old Church gradually went into decline, though services continued to be held there three times a year, in June, July and August, with coracles being used by worshippers to reach the church.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;">In 1971, it was deemed unsafe to continue the maintenance of the church and it was decided to close the church permanently. The Welsh Folk Museum became interested in relocating it to St Fagan's, but prior to dismantling, wall paintings were noticed beneath the worn walls and the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales undertook a survey to reveal and record them. The paintings that were uncovered dated from 1350 onwards. </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vAzQNvNIJln0T7HL_aCyk3zTZ5nwAMJtqGQ57sEX71q9lIu3JzuPmmkNJLjovH7fkXfeQyKIc46aGXZu6otynaLmXr3U3-olUpH7Bk0UTviMOUAhXsbwsxSAvga3nhxVBJu8yt8iG8cYYz6U6Td8UogX59yZJUaD2vFhFf_JlcfiCMi3jpVNwsT-rDJ7/s220/teilo3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="220" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vAzQNvNIJln0T7HL_aCyk3zTZ5nwAMJtqGQ57sEX71q9lIu3JzuPmmkNJLjovH7fkXfeQyKIc46aGXZu6otynaLmXr3U3-olUpH7Bk0UTviMOUAhXsbwsxSAvga3nhxVBJu8yt8iG8cYYz6U6Td8UogX59yZJUaD2vFhFf_JlcfiCMi3jpVNwsT-rDJ7/s1600/teilo3.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;">Most of them depicting the life of Christ, especially the events surrounding the passion. There were also paintings of Saint Catherine, who commonly featured in medieval churches, and of Saint Christopher, the patron saint of travellers. The paintings had been whitewashed during the Protestant Reformation and are among the best ever discovered in the UK. The church is now re-erected at the Folk Museum as it may have appeared prior to 1530.</div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Cheers !</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8D6X9VDuckKtF-toOSqGacedEGRt2PP48NXLbUCxLUtm-4ZCBLyS9J1GsHEaYsHmuQ2xLWFcwk-J1P0LZ6Sizb3fNlSp-49FRlxnzLcbvSqKwnQE4DKq7J7HsPvgW9g8t84AihhgYZdcWjtyKTfrEa_My9_hNw9o4Wj7phKXKch9hCiMG5ZprQ-bdEtT/s548/14032024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="548" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8D6X9VDuckKtF-toOSqGacedEGRt2PP48NXLbUCxLUtm-4ZCBLyS9J1GsHEaYsHmuQ2xLWFcwk-J1P0LZ6Sizb3fNlSp-49FRlxnzLcbvSqKwnQE4DKq7J7HsPvgW9g8t84AihhgYZdcWjtyKTfrEa_My9_hNw9o4Wj7phKXKch9hCiMG5ZprQ-bdEtT/s320/14032024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div>Vollsangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482622602969013598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473398278256898595.post-32911249848734218292024-03-13T20:57:00.005+00:002024-03-13T21:51:32.117+00:0013th March 2024 - Wet and a Spot of History - Cowbridge <h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>Thought for the day :"A friend told me, 'Cheer up, it could be worse. You could be stuck underground in a hole full of water.' I know he meant well."</i></h3><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Rain 51 : Dry 21</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Bag 18</i><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">.</i></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Had to fight through the rain to walk the dogs and then clean the Ducks, Chickens and peacocks.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Didn't get around to fixing the Duck Door - needs two of us to manage it and didn't want to get Susie out of the warm - well she was scrubbing the kitchen - there was an inch of soot - the problems to having a coal fire.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">In other news - Welsh History-</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;">On 13th March 2004 the town of Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan celebrated the 750th anniversary of the granting of its first town charter in 1254. </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-nSJDM0nH2cX4Cwu9tBAp5kfszXWCzLKwbzuGZ7DG9f9GLekWq3VNsEkPHOXR-sGBTjstYOssOMeI3L-rNWEUd_itrPOe2MSkMwgp1rgAHWY7jVFP7VrsceNMKvSvvwyRUjwG_R8LX0ytWBRgZpciSrRM5aCk5moToGA9GXlKpN8WZbiCuG8RZvR916hc/s350/cowbridfge1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="350" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-nSJDM0nH2cX4Cwu9tBAp5kfszXWCzLKwbzuGZ7DG9f9GLekWq3VNsEkPHOXR-sGBTjstYOssOMeI3L-rNWEUd_itrPOe2MSkMwgp1rgAHWY7jVFP7VrsceNMKvSvvwyRUjwG_R8LX0ytWBRgZpciSrRM5aCk5moToGA9GXlKpN8WZbiCuG8RZvR916hc/s320/cowbridfge1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Town Hall - which is also now the Masonic Hall)</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cowbridge is a market town approximately 7 miles south-west of Cardiff and 6 miles south-east of Bridgend. Its name in Welsh is Y Bont-Faen, meaning 'the stone bridge', however, there is a 17th-century reference to a nearby 'cow-bridge' over a tributary of the river Thaw (which flows through the town). The town centre is </span><span style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><a style="animation-name: none; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">still arranged on its medieval plan, with one long street divided into "burgage plots".Burgage plots are characterised by a narrow street frontage with long and narrow plots of land to the rear of the houses. The population of Cowbridge is approximately 3,600, with the larger community including the adjoining villages of Llanblethian and Aberthin, having a population of 4,063 in 2011. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;">A Timeline history of Cowbridge and the surrounding area; </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>The Caer yr Arfau Burial Chamber just north of the village of Creigiau and 7 miles northeast of Cowbridge is the oldest evidence of human habitation in the area. It dates from about 3,000 B.C during the Neolithic period when people were changing from being nomadic huntsmen into settled farmers. </i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>There is a Bronze Age settlement at Pentre Meyrick, 2 miles north east of Cowbridge, and a hoard of Bronze Age artefacts has been found at Llantwit Major. There are Bronze Age burial barrows near Llanblethian, Llanharry and Coedely. </i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>The area of Current day Cowbridge was occupied by the Iron Age tribe, the Silures. There is the large hill fort of Caer Dynnaf on Llanblethian Hill and others at Llanquian Wood, one mile east of Cowbridge, at Llantrithyd, 3 miles south-east of Cowbridge, at Mynydd-y-Fforest, near Ystradowen, 3 miles north of Cowbridge and Castell Moel near Bonvilston, four miles east of Cowbridge. </i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Cowbridge lies on the site of a fortified Roman military camp, possibly the fort of Bovium (cow-place), on the Roman road between Cardiff and Neath. </i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>c. 383 - Following the Roman withdrawal, the kingdom of Cernyw developed from the western portion, including the area around current day Cowbridge, of the territory formerly controlled by the Silures tribe. </i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>c470 - When Glwys, the legendary 5th-century ruler, came to power, Cernyw was renamed Glywyssing in his honour. Glywyssing like other Welsh kingdoms was divided into administrational land divisions called cantrefs. Current day Cowbridge lies on the bank of the River Ddawan (Thaw), which was the border between the cantref of Gorfynedd to the west and the cantref of Penychen. </i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>5th century - The holy man, Saint Illtud came to the area from Brittany and founded a monastery near current day Llantwit Major, 4 miles south of Cowbridge. St. Illtyd's monastery became a major centre of learning, attracting over 2000 students and visitors, including St. David, St. Patrick, the bard Taliesin and the historian Gildas. </i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>c 580 - Meurig, King of Gwent, gained control of Glywyssing through inheritance and marriage. Glywyssing was to remain a part of Gwent until 745. </i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>745 - Glywissing re-emerged as a separate kingdom following the death of Ithel ap Morgan, King of Gwent and seems to have remained relatively stable throughout the remainder of the eighth century and into the ninth. </i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>c.942 - Morgan Hen Fawr (Morgan the Old) became king of Glywyssing and Gwent and changed the name of the combined territories to Morgannwg (current day Glamorgan).</i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>974 - Morgannwg broke up following the death of Morgan Hen Fawr.</i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>1055 - Morgannwg was restored after Gruffudd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd and Powys conquered both Glywissing and Gwent, which resulted in him becoming King of Wales from 1055 to 1063. </i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>c. 1102 - Robert Fitzhamon, the first Norman Lord of Glamorgan created the manor lordship of Llanblethian (1 mile south-west of current day Cowbridge) under the lordship of Herbert de St Quentin, who is believed to have built St Quintins Castle and the manor lordship of Languian (2 miles east of current day Cowbridge) under the lordship of Robert de Wintona, who built the Llanquian Castle. </i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>1245 - Richard de Clare seized the area of Glamorganshire from Cowbridge to Llantrisant, </i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>1254 - The new town of Cowbridge had become the administrative centre of the lordship of Llanblethian and was granted its first charter, from Richard de Clare, the Lord of Glamorgan. Later in the 13th century, the town walls were built.</i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>c.1307 - Gilbert de Clare, began to fortify St Quintins Castle in stone. It was not completed as he was killed in 1314 at the Battle of Bannockburn. </i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>By the fourteenth century, Cowbridge was one of the largest towns in Wales and it became an administrative centre for the Vale of Glamorgan. </i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>c.1403 - The Battle of Stalling Down reputedly took place just east of Cowbridge, when an army of Owain Glyndwr allied with Fench soldiers, ambushed an army of King Henry IV of England. The battle which is reported to have lasted 18 hours, resulted in Heavy losses for the English.</i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>18th century - Cowbridge became a popular residence for the newly rich landed gentry, who built many grand town houses. </i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>1795 - The first meeting of the Gorsedd of bards in Wales was held by Iolo Morganwg in Stalling Down, just outside Cowbridge.</i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>1865 - Cowbridge railway station was opened. The town was largely unaffected by the industrial revolution that had such an impact on other parts of South Wales and the station was only a minor branch line on Brunel's Great Western Railway.</i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>1951 - Cowbridge railway station was closed. </i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>1960s - The opening of the Cowbridge bypass resulted in Cowbridge becoming a popular residence for commuters to Cardiff and Bridgend.</i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Points of Interest; </i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Cowbridge is twinned with the town of Clisson in France.</i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Cowbridge's clock tower was presented to the town by the Bishop of Llandaff in 1836.</i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Llanblethian takes its name from the 5th-century holy man Saint Bleiddian, a contemporary of Germanus of Auxerre, who was sent to Britain by the Pope to combat the threat of Pelagianism.</i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Llandough Castle just south of Cowbridge is an example of a Welsh tower house. These were houses fortified by supporters of Henry VI after 1427.</i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Cowbridge's Town Hall was previously the town's prison. Six of the original prison cells are used to house Cowbridge Museum.</i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Aberthin village hall, built in 1749 was Wales's second Calvinistic Methodist meeting house.</i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Old Beaupre Castle, which is a scheduled monument and Grade I listed building, 2 miles south-east of Cowbridge, is an example of a fortified medieval manor house. The original building dates from c.1300 which was fortified during the sixteenth or seventeenth century. </i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Cowbridge is one of the few towns in Wales, whose medieval town walls remain substantially intact.</i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Cowbridge Grammar School, which was founded in 1608, had close links with Jesus College, Oxford through its benefactor, Dr Leoline Jenkins. Jenkins was born and educated in Cowbridge, before going on to study at Jesus College and later to become its Principal.</i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Llanbleithin was the site of a 14th-century fulling mill, producing traditional Welsh flannel and a 16th-century corn mill. </i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Cowbridge is one of Wales' most affluent towns and in 2017, it was named as one of the best places to live in Wales.</i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;">Well known people with connections to Cowbridge;</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>The founder the Gorsedd and infamous literary forger, Iolo Morganwg, was born in Llancarfan 4 miles south-east of Cowbridge in 1747. Later in life, he kept a bookshop on Cowbridge High Street.</i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>The Second World War poet, Alun Lewis, was a pupil at Cowbridge Grammar School.</i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Oscar-winning actor, Anthony Hopkins, was a pupil at Cowbridge Grammar School. </i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Actress and broadcaster, Anneka Rice, was born in Cowbridge in 1958.</i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Frances Hoggan, who in 1870, became the first woman to receive a doctorate in medicine from a European University and who also became Wales' first registered female doctor, was brought up and educated in Cowbridge.</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none;">Susie is studying the history of the house and checking against he Ancestry links this evening. well it is the ASDA shopping evening so we tend not to get away form the machines - </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none;">Ordered the beer for the Easter Weekend and tagged a keg of Hywl Haf - the summer Ale that will not be brewed for long. </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ1fYFm1fKpe1lI-unqGFR8Oy5YOKTBBO1V7sry8OkLj-UjAM2oP-1Pd43t457plVEJscWY8JcZMR6K033M5rpA7mNMqatKQj9S-s4hLRrttm_EcWSB4B29OuMKImC_MjjDdroiYyOKIpAY8bSe81MQbNNyNZihYHc_WbYDwQmsdmmKiZn7RtctbrHVybC/s591/hwyl_haf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="591" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ1fYFm1fKpe1lI-unqGFR8Oy5YOKTBBO1V7sry8OkLj-UjAM2oP-1Pd43t457plVEJscWY8JcZMR6K033M5rpA7mNMqatKQj9S-s4hLRrttm_EcWSB4B29OuMKImC_MjjDdroiYyOKIpAY8bSe81MQbNNyNZihYHc_WbYDwQmsdmmKiZn7RtctbrHVybC/s320/hwyl_haf.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none;">Not sure how summery we will be in two weeks time. Am seriously worried about the Easter Egg hunt - the ground is so slippery I am not sure that we can open the grounds.</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzPny1vBswc7EeIVZfLsPI9LJdG-pX9cMdjEmTPSgYJq2ViO6gLm5g_hKkw30xzOkAtrw34uHkupFLIXsdsfH9Y-68a7HpLi-JVGtZbSbl8xxCm2JAXQWedqXtYmEDK1Ix31r_qDkR96CdgDe5bYVIsYb_KQN6eIaF2DUK9Gg51j67PLqeDF9LmSV6XY5/s1920/welshwind.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzPny1vBswc7EeIVZfLsPI9LJdG-pX9cMdjEmTPSgYJq2ViO6gLm5g_hKkw30xzOkAtrw34uHkupFLIXsdsfH9Y-68a7HpLi-JVGtZbSbl8xxCm2JAXQWedqXtYmEDK1Ix31r_qDkR96CdgDe5bYVIsYb_KQN6eIaF2DUK9Gg51j67PLqeDF9LmSV6XY5/s320/welshwind.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Also popped in to the Distillery down the road from us .. Blue Wing, and chatted with James Clode, who turns out to be a musician, together with his saxophonist wife, and with his Band which I have now found as I had the name spelled wrongly. However, a small discount and four bottles of the main two Gins are now to be part of the wares on sale at Easter.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZLsReV8NbQ07Px5HB5xHfxvz2nZe76ek5gJ02y8GtKqhH-WSxJgJYM4dQtARBtrHHbcEj-1AMWDRv2A8fvs7c2l50TItMJrtNV2ibGPCeQMKQ4qs9vprJS-UeF88JmFh6cbEJb9uY81HifqIyrqMJBROhwd4xhulCth8EnFD-ClL9vzr7BA5cbSWz_vbZ/s796/welshgin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="714" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZLsReV8NbQ07Px5HB5xHfxvz2nZe76ek5gJ02y8GtKqhH-WSxJgJYM4dQtARBtrHHbcEj-1AMWDRv2A8fvs7c2l50TItMJrtNV2ibGPCeQMKQ4qs9vprJS-UeF88JmFh6cbEJb9uY81HifqIyrqMJBROhwd4xhulCth8EnFD-ClL9vzr7BA5cbSWz_vbZ/s320/welshgin.jpg" width="287" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none;">Will keep the price for Gordons at £3.50 for double Gin and Tonic - but will charge £5 for the Special. Still think it will be cheap for a speciality Gin,</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none;">Sadly they have little publicity material so will have to do it myself - job for tomorrow if it is wet.</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none;">So, back to work...</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none;">Cheers !</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CREWAVXv0oSh9oiOJrZmrwIRuc9pE0I-cNLt2Cm1XkR0z2ncMafbO_L_rPElVArU7XY7NyCGZA_Amx2hrPZ5TCFcq6a5zvHdCiyIYfvPeVfj-JaWNflVZxiM1-RHbWuo4dIPCUZq4ova8ymZlWRtvMcBN2f6zerchyphenhyphenJh3MKRGPechjmfW-Outa2vuEFG/s538/13032024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Bag 17</i><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">.</i></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Nice bit of publicity in the South Wales Provincial Web Site </i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><h1 class="entry-title single-title" itemprop="headline" style="background-color: #fefefe; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(220, 223, 229); box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: rgb(80, 1, 8) !important; font-family: Montserrat, montserrat, "Source Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Arial Black", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.4rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Deputy Grand Superintendent Instructed into the Masonic Order of Athelstan</h1><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUZarEkscGxt7by5vTngnJRFM0XcH1O0TOkCgjTM3GrxvNGwc8XSsPHBZ3Ggxmf-5jRYsYVj7hBQHxLu9zW9I5lbPh9eqRG97B6XDmrWQx79FjOIwA3aGpTZJbGAcJf7O9ksk_OcSdbnPDNhp4BdpmbUJXl_wsYz4ltbePhlx-GCn5zHn0Hhka0DZ46NQ/s768/athelston_3540.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="768" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUZarEkscGxt7by5vTngnJRFM0XcH1O0TOkCgjTM3GrxvNGwc8XSsPHBZ3Ggxmf-5jRYsYVj7hBQHxLu9zW9I5lbPh9eqRG97B6XDmrWQx79FjOIwA3aGpTZJbGAcJf7O9ksk_OcSdbnPDNhp4BdpmbUJXl_wsYz4ltbePhlx-GCn5zHn0Hhka0DZ46NQ/s320/athelston_3540.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #414141; font-family: Montserrat, montserrat, "Source Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Arial Black", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">On Saturday 9th March at the Masonic Hall, Abergavenny at a regular meeting of the John Benjamin Lloyd Court No.85 in the Masonic Order of Athelstan, E Comp R. Michael Coombes (Deputy Grand Superintendent of South Wales) was Instructed into the Order in an exemplary manner by the Worshipful Master V.WBro Iain W. Sewell, KAG, PGSwdB, PPrDepGM assisted by his Officers and several Provincial Grand Officers.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #414141; font-family: Montserrat, montserrat, "Source Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Arial Black", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The John Benjamin Lloyd Court No.85 is unique in the fact that it is the only Court within the Masonic Order of Athelstan worldwide that has a requirement that the membership of the Court to be Heads of Orders and Grand Officers in the Masonic Order of Athelstan. Also in attendance today in support for the Instruction of Bro Michael Coombes into the Order was V.WBro D. Gerald Rowbottom KAG, Provincial Grand Master for, and Most Excellent Grand superintendent in and over the Province of South Wales. There was also wonderful support from members of the Order from across the Principality from North Wales to Pembrokeshire and as far afield as Cornwall and Cheshire.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #414141; font-family: Montserrat, montserrat, "Source Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Arial Black", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">In South Wales there are a further two Courts that meet, namely The Court of Sweyn’s Eye No. 17 meeting in Swansea and the Court of Penychen No.53 meeting in Caerphilly.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #414141; font-family: Montserrat, montserrat, "Source Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Arial Black", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Pictured left to right: V.WBro Iain W. Sewell, KAG, PGSwdB, PPrDepGM, Bro R. Michael Coombes (Deputy Grand Superintendent, South Wales) R.W. John G. Evans JP, GCAG, Provincial Grand Master.</em></p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #414141; font-family: Montserrat, montserrat, "Source Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Arial Black", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">-o0o-</em></p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #414141; font-family: Montserrat, montserrat, "Source Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Arial Black", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">In other news - rain today so little work done </em></p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #414141; font-family: Montserrat, montserrat, "Source Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Arial Black", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Went to Williams Sheds and ordered a new hen house and it was considerably cheaper than we were expecting. £450 fully erected - which seems very reasonable. </em></p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #414141; font-family: Montserrat, montserrat, "Source Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Arial Black", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">But back to yesterday and the work Susie and I started.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVP-BoNzgFVXJxS-QhyVdZ4VrMq995JQr0iohT_k5UTBVjp2tAJBrQtr0bsLQl75iAiN9fCywRJmI7kiGQWHKT6xzYfd4AQDncoEo_bm0UPgxs02fRcAvJkKbZZakDfMPxTOJOEPD4O_zDVcbcD2RZ50Ft037QAFKw8qEEO6DqD-vilQFZ98Is7qLoTswu/s4160/IMG_20240311_175728.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVP-BoNzgFVXJxS-QhyVdZ4VrMq995JQr0iohT_k5UTBVjp2tAJBrQtr0bsLQl75iAiN9fCywRJmI7kiGQWHKT6xzYfd4AQDncoEo_bm0UPgxs02fRcAvJkKbZZakDfMPxTOJOEPD4O_zDVcbcD2RZ50Ft037QAFKw8qEEO6DqD-vilQFZ98Is7qLoTswu/s320/IMG_20240311_175728.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Cleared around Gully Foyle where the brambles had fallen with a tree branch</div><div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNTn8b9nSdPZzFuYxTEPMldk-QVE_I8YUVMy_ShyLebEjk71VNmiVaovFM_mc-M1XAdohzxoXfCPZyJb6Mq4aoTpG2hntHlqAVgiX0wtRzqNSTiLAdUba5uxLdRy3zY7ewJelJAXuzbkmxjbYlEmvJ_XN1ZgPXngT4eDXn7krGe9CDlHpG3-C_uzHOMheG/s4160/IMG_20240311_175718.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNTn8b9nSdPZzFuYxTEPMldk-QVE_I8YUVMy_ShyLebEjk71VNmiVaovFM_mc-M1XAdohzxoXfCPZyJb6Mq4aoTpG2hntHlqAVgiX0wtRzqNSTiLAdUba5uxLdRy3zY7ewJelJAXuzbkmxjbYlEmvJ_XN1ZgPXngT4eDXn7krGe9CDlHpG3-C_uzHOMheG/s320/IMG_20240311_175718.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Susie pruned the rose by the Pontoon</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">But that was yesterday - Today we called in on NCE Nursery on the way home and Susie bought two lilac Trees to replace the dead Firs - the ones we lost last year in the sudden freeze.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvqpp93_FAVfgg4L6-86e22DrxfYs8yx0BwqbZVpH36zCTXUTSSuT3v3hJqr3ibc8eyvZ_e-ow6E5iVR9Hd85lzwKdLvSu74d7BE2oVDEQBHoEmEP57HjjudLLwNjvOHVtOSxPU349X0toAd6LAD1882p41F-iCheHV9ryi628_hMnaLIA9piXIW5BnPno/s4160/IMG_20240312_173352.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvqpp93_FAVfgg4L6-86e22DrxfYs8yx0BwqbZVpH36zCTXUTSSuT3v3hJqr3ibc8eyvZ_e-ow6E5iVR9Hd85lzwKdLvSu74d7BE2oVDEQBHoEmEP57HjjudLLwNjvOHVtOSxPU349X0toAd6LAD1882p41F-iCheHV9ryi628_hMnaLIA9piXIW5BnPno/s320/IMG_20240312_173352.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Rain 49 : Dry 21</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Bag 17</i><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">.</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>One for posterity.</div><div><br /></div><div>Found today that the Old Mill at Rhydowen is back on the market.</div><div>When we looked at it they were asking £310K - and we thought that it would be a possibility, and were half thinking about it as we headed off to look at Ffynnon Wen.</div><div><br /></div><div>Today it is back on the market for £525K.</div><div><br /></div><div>I thought I would put down some of the photos from the estate agent for the record.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8mX3ZuzLBljr9uH0D0WL1dAMHrrTFvCynDvGc27oTOJNk93kTDwY3GGWaSRDJOSWRzO5cQMH4Oy3JBvBerlhozo-rm6FJZFZdV3RQ8kxU7dLAHv6hLFmKUlefJgyaO2b36t0iV8ads1s_x7U933GmOvLeSDFexBjrLstIykJ2THAdCS7NLcGyEfhYkE3/s1006/Image1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span></h3><div><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Rain 48 : Dry 21</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Bag 16</i><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">.</i></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Sunday, and an early option to do some work at the homestead.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Susie decided that the patio needed to be recovered, the stones needed to be cleared out and the webbing relaid and then the stones all restored and raked over.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">She also attacked the bush by the barbeque. Much of it is dead, and cleared away, and we are hoping that by cutting right back it will grow from the base. we shall see.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Meanwhile, the catoniasta at the beer garden had fallen in the recent winds and needed to be re-attached t the wall so I took the opportunity of cutting all the new growths and chopping into the bags.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Meanwhile I took the opportunity of cutting most of the high growth of the climbing rose.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgiGlsISY4ZjvlQLeKZ57NsrQUlJmow_SAcLpnWyu5HQwKvvaNZ6CIQyIvGO9HLYRHVlvHerGvnKFb9WeqL4UhbLkVHOi0nEvot8VY919_BoDnlyYvEeKyVNhgpE8qETiF-cmvMV_VTZnARC-wEIQWZVRWmJP4rgP_X01R9Hz_wg4-EzlCxeNKLhWsWKF/s4160/IMG_20240310_141236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgiGlsISY4ZjvlQLeKZ57NsrQUlJmow_SAcLpnWyu5HQwKvvaNZ6CIQyIvGO9HLYRHVlvHerGvnKFb9WeqL4UhbLkVHOi0nEvot8VY919_BoDnlyYvEeKyVNhgpE8qETiF-cmvMV_VTZnARC-wEIQWZVRWmJP4rgP_X01R9Hz_wg4-EzlCxeNKLhWsWKF/s320/IMG_20240310_141236.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32RhPl7DDz8DJRp9D7Tf1kK58tSEOJsUOA6gAfTF7oWv7xNIPZOz-e8tZIgw8Me14PCoV0z9sWYxfJ1oqaoJDVTKLKfmCZjQRypNFrAtcvycfDsO_Az-rFmrzm4MkPkMo9tU4hN7_WAGwL0ddw3POYfhAlVvYO_FN43WQcY_cffe0a1BFfNqMVwKC1oD1/s4160/IMG_20240310_134136.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32RhPl7DDz8DJRp9D7Tf1kK58tSEOJsUOA6gAfTF7oWv7xNIPZOz-e8tZIgw8Me14PCoV0z9sWYxfJ1oqaoJDVTKLKfmCZjQRypNFrAtcvycfDsO_Az-rFmrzm4MkPkMo9tU4hN7_WAGwL0ddw3POYfhAlVvYO_FN43WQcY_cffe0a1BFfNqMVwKC1oD1/s320/IMG_20240310_134136.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6bzsIQWIMaWWFMgji24GoUjQN3FTTF-svr0q9SVaQYYgAR1U_wBgXT4Ntq0cXdqs1HDaQLX6E0-WzlS_jI8O7fDdjBithiEXfDNXMpMQg-yEzJ8phBXgC7TEKpnXZ-CRtOODHczVnl81Ozz3ooTcj9JXMJCQV4ZMBJ3KNmZeLm6tED_45CUg4l1gd6mSG/s4160/IMG_20240310_134127.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6bzsIQWIMaWWFMgji24GoUjQN3FTTF-svr0q9SVaQYYgAR1U_wBgXT4Ntq0cXdqs1HDaQLX6E0-WzlS_jI8O7fDdjBithiEXfDNXMpMQg-yEzJ8phBXgC7TEKpnXZ-CRtOODHczVnl81Ozz3ooTcj9JXMJCQV4ZMBJ3KNmZeLm6tED_45CUg4l1gd6mSG/s320/IMG_20240310_134127.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqm3d3llUPKmQKeGoUN7b79GfkCPwtU1Rs0MHBvXIZfOm91BcYAp8v6hqZhy155blp6ZA1f4dkM1-b7RAu-z1qRkXwpZ9Fa4fGHO9MCzHSj5qRVDJkc_cRoq7tjE3ter1VYjJZkPBBTqiQHgFIdcoT49Ziiq8flP9U_X8PilZ9ZBYTtFl4dnMxHaOp3XoV/s4160/IMG_20240310_130647.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqm3d3llUPKmQKeGoUN7b79GfkCPwtU1Rs0MHBvXIZfOm91BcYAp8v6hqZhy155blp6ZA1f4dkM1-b7RAu-z1qRkXwpZ9Fa4fGHO9MCzHSj5qRVDJkc_cRoq7tjE3ter1VYjJZkPBBTqiQHgFIdcoT49Ziiq8flP9U_X8PilZ9ZBYTtFl4dnMxHaOp3XoV/s320/IMG_20240310_130647.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div>The grounds are still very wet - the ground area very muddy. Susie found the hole in the fencing where the ducks have been escaping - we have not had an escape all day!!</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQE9AGyq4QUBz1kWB-QzSU06NkeBk8VEACqZLjEQgbFoN_s1Ow30pbTcnv6d69F9Jvp4-NtW1mieMWKasuy0WmRt98fQ70FNfrfniMKb-NxYK3tdm-nCTDnHJsmBvmsvMHa3akHR5q_4SERxSzz_gFRElpPmBPl3inSYDogwVHFe5cIYkcCZjm8l-A7Hj/s4160/IMG_20240310_152345.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQE9AGyq4QUBz1kWB-QzSU06NkeBk8VEACqZLjEQgbFoN_s1Ow30pbTcnv6d69F9Jvp4-NtW1mieMWKasuy0WmRt98fQ70FNfrfniMKb-NxYK3tdm-nCTDnHJsmBvmsvMHa3akHR5q_4SERxSzz_gFRElpPmBPl3inSYDogwVHFe5cIYkcCZjm8l-A7Hj/s320/IMG_20240310_152345.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Rain 47 : Dry 20</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Bag 16</i><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">.</i></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Nancy and Family complete their House sale </i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Spring at the riverside</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIMv2JQPh8rTGiOCr4H9FZ9WwWU1zwp7rWbrDjv3FZVoIjQJlRWMXIHBMmdJrz6sAfyAJ0dbPIxgQFEPuDSePNkHErOlEeAKzr0WLB0A7zl6tWV948Z39eSGKoIoXcZSo3FonQX71JKwdewBQgWfqrExicBUQfTOlwlXvHhQdpCtt-TqwG3y7hPfz_5R3/s4160/IMG_20240310_122147.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIMv2JQPh8rTGiOCr4H9FZ9WwWU1zwp7rWbrDjv3FZVoIjQJlRWMXIHBMmdJrz6sAfyAJ0dbPIxgQFEPuDSePNkHErOlEeAKzr0WLB0A7zl6tWV948Z39eSGKoIoXcZSo3FonQX71JKwdewBQgWfqrExicBUQfTOlwlXvHhQdpCtt-TqwG3y7hPfz_5R3/s320/IMG_20240310_122147.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Don't want to go into details but "Dyson Ball Cleaner" is a very misleading product name" </i></h3><div><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Rain 47 : Dry 19</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Bag 16</i><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">.</i></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">So a good week for the Keens. Yesterday was exchange date and today Erin passed her driving test.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Well done Erin </i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHxCbcdGzSow_B778-IlsC_8Wj4tjkhXU04gnNo_BPBMT3mQMemw7wEeCgHG1rHOxuBF3umZu6GAGVITCC1BhbrJeWnT5bSRDYFp065OxjtKW387JwmwJ5ZJMiRvcxvkGAUXfU7PEzSnfit1BWHI20r57RYKHSv_hNp_nsge43HNun2KsIn8fjH_msfXUb/s1280/erin_pass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHxCbcdGzSow_B778-IlsC_8Wj4tjkhXU04gnNo_BPBMT3mQMemw7wEeCgHG1rHOxuBF3umZu6GAGVITCC1BhbrJeWnT5bSRDYFp065OxjtKW387JwmwJ5ZJMiRvcxvkGAUXfU7PEzSnfit1BWHI20r57RYKHSv_hNp_nsge43HNun2KsIn8fjH_msfXUb/s320/erin_pass.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">A rare dry day again - though not sunny like yesterday and a lot colder. Was definitely a Glove Day for the dog walk.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Picture from the Aberteifi Concalve from last Thursday has made its way to media so include it here.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbdaoBHQtPH8nys23s5t56pVpQxVdEYTogHLJEeSUBINZwT-dT8HBEMUfbYTDbLXVgMgQRgOLdsEW3o8Owbh7Yd7Fv5MgwMBhvwDhHfIrLCyMbexcLSxFNw0jK6z-rkfWGjzRH4F0Wq3EC42sd3VPiAvkT6-JtqoJ6AQm2NH61ScT-cBJ4UZClx647vvE-/s1180/IMG-20240307-WA0015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 14.85px;">In other news:</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">On 7th March 1695, Sir John Trevor from the Brynkinalt estate near Chirk in Denbighshire, Speaker of the House of Commons, was expelled for taking a bribe of 1000 guineas (£1.6 million in 2009). He remained the only Speaker to be forced out of office until Michael Martin resigned in 2009.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">Interestingly, Trevor was severely cross-eyed, which caused confusion as to which MP had 'caught the Speaker's eye' and led to many of them speaking out of turn.</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaG4Yl7TCCLqPIfPoDN6EHO-RJqv8jWKS1r4tk8LQ3sfuQnTtiG4kM5DJnksgg-muDVZFav9jb1XpPY1wKpJpGJz0GupIfRzWiltfPuBylv7hb-rPteA-5so5UfgzeoJNkVEIFRptYyHcVpCiTcln4LvoDcOzOePYZ90D2h-a6Lc4UD47uyS8MICPFg3YW/s204/speaker1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">Cheers !</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDy0cCC7Arz8N-iDbX-PHUi5TM5GsB1MMw3VzUqrD-w6wDhzuvWzsNkanAl8jgnb2hbytIItiA7NlL_Gb-2lE_y1tm8Vrwg6S6p4W9aUs9datAOuAuqiryA97s7DfK-Te1bd_hWAQqMJ3hVg5hj6S5qdNcRr2AtbtqRhipDy_C5-PioCwRUVFj1dyqQ0NE/s558/07032024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="558" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDy0cCC7Arz8N-iDbX-PHUi5TM5GsB1MMw3VzUqrD-w6wDhzuvWzsNkanAl8jgnb2hbytIItiA7NlL_Gb-2lE_y1tm8Vrwg6S6p4W9aUs9datAOuAuqiryA97s7DfK-Te1bd_hWAQqMJ3hVg5hj6S5qdNcRr2AtbtqRhipDy_C5-PioCwRUVFj1dyqQ0NE/s320/07032024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><br /></div></div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div>Vollsangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482622602969013598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473398278256898595.post-52859061226879888212024-03-06T22:05:00.001+00:002024-03-07T22:13:06.415+00:006th March 2024 - Nancy Exchanges <h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><i>Thought for the day :"Understanding the Metric System - 52 = One decacards"</i></h3><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Rain 47 : Dry 18</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Finished Bag 15</i><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">.</i></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Nancy has exchanged contracts. Whoopee!</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Aeron & Peterwell Chapter this evening, at Aberaeron. Pleasant evening.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Also a sunny day - we managed to sit outside in the sun and enjoy our first day of the year that has not been overcast and too cold. </i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">A walk around the grounds today.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; 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font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"> </i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"> </i></div>Vollsangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482622602969013598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473398278256898595.post-65648356537250868152024-03-05T23:37:00.003+00:002024-03-06T21:47:39.588+00:005th March 2024 - House Sales and America <h3><i>Thought for the day :"Understanding the Metric System - 2,000 Mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbird"</i></h3><div><br /></div><div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Rain 47 : Dry 17</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Finished Bag 15</i><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">.</i></div></div></div><div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Went to Narberth today to see Nancy's new house. Memories of 41 with the high ceilings and slightly quirky set up. Just an hour form our house, so not too far away.</i></div><div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Interesting that it is called Green ***** (will check tomorrow) and next door is Bluebell Cottage !</i></div><div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Had a walk around and met the vendor. Fingers crossed for an early exchange - though sadly we are on day two after the date that the Aylesbury House should have exchanged. Still fingers crossed for completion by Friday!!</i></div><div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Today shows as rainy - as there were showers all around us but there was also some sunshine and apparently the Aurora Borealis is fantastic at the moment - though we have not seen it.</i></div><div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Dog Walking - and found that the daffodils on the roadside seat were pressed down by the rain - so I propped them up with sticks - they may survive.</i></div><div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPOtMhOBPzUk94vR-Qf7DAXrzJ_ydPIOcac-hgbKdjNP3wi5HvOEqGeHg39q6ZoFC7LngMbGoY8ICj7RZ451msnrCXQ6QZd8XdEhUavm-X86EIfdn-xVQ9rw1F9ArNIlqpIKm8GcZ4nQAy5m-h-IcDrpjDQDSjjOGl3ojXocWr3GwupmBdVf4EDaw58Cd/s4160/IMG_20240305_123716.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPOtMhOBPzUk94vR-Qf7DAXrzJ_ydPIOcac-hgbKdjNP3wi5HvOEqGeHg39q6ZoFC7LngMbGoY8ICj7RZ451msnrCXQ6QZd8XdEhUavm-X86EIfdn-xVQ9rw1F9ArNIlqpIKm8GcZ4nQAy5m-h-IcDrpjDQDSjjOGl3ojXocWr3GwupmBdVf4EDaw58Cd/s320/IMG_20240305_123716.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU60ob3JFMTr6pQ7Xjw__4AHMVkg3IYkiXqJvRKKVtlYHTtx7jalhSbQSr30gtVYL8K6M74fwV2bunhxS24DE-FCwH0gkv3nTM0UwYuMNIX4aSz-G3cKCHmtopb5UhBlJMjD3SFI8NY0zjuhxUr6lNY6WoP2fPJKuEwOeND8ZPtAU8hZhyNo8xzi7fQqLl/s4160/IMG_20240305_123713.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU60ob3JFMTr6pQ7Xjw__4AHMVkg3IYkiXqJvRKKVtlYHTtx7jalhSbQSr30gtVYL8K6M74fwV2bunhxS24DE-FCwH0gkv3nTM0UwYuMNIX4aSz-G3cKCHmtopb5UhBlJMjD3SFI8NY0zjuhxUr6lNY6WoP2fPJKuEwOeND8ZPtAU8hZhyNo8xzi7fQqLl/s320/IMG_20240305_123713.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>In other news - the Band from America coming to play at the Tavern at the end of May sent a couple of photos for their publicity - note the Tour Dates showing the Crimson Moon !!</div><div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1Uy6Cx2pwhY2xGYydz6NMG8MAhjRTRXHrOoP2JsgWAvmlmvvhO8ZGCki6riQnH8WeQZJBg24TIKs7yKabvle63nLLBGnB8HWaWgaihhTbty_xpms0aiQPZM-zTBiP8CRNGM58DCtOOkc5yI9GAQXcE5LoHjH12kxm2s2_SGhCpwS_V0PXi72tkHo_rUC/s1280/IMG-20240304-WA0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="852" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1Uy6Cx2pwhY2xGYydz6NMG8MAhjRTRXHrOoP2JsgWAvmlmvvhO8ZGCki6riQnH8WeQZJBg24TIKs7yKabvle63nLLBGnB8HWaWgaihhTbty_xpms0aiQPZM-zTBiP8CRNGM58DCtOOkc5yI9GAQXcE5LoHjH12kxm2s2_SGhCpwS_V0PXi72tkHo_rUC/s320/IMG-20240304-WA0001.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vI9N5wOZkKrXA_QXBW8jbO4a_Z6rZ1lMM_6e3EvfD4GuAYHkfPz5SktUFHhBYSSNC3m_kFYctgQhXcBrzw8BgakAB9dUufYX8IJzNhN7wi6g26_5kcqoFTHAM8Pg4_XX2N1D2S_DSPBplMwjo7oixkX3y5O-Ju4XzQFIqlD9dnXe3Eaq9XIz_PcCumOv/s1152/IMG-20240304-WA0000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="864" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vI9N5wOZkKrXA_QXBW8jbO4a_Z6rZ1lMM_6e3EvfD4GuAYHkfPz5SktUFHhBYSSNC3m_kFYctgQhXcBrzw8BgakAB9dUufYX8IJzNhN7wi6g26_5kcqoFTHAM8Pg4_XX2N1D2S_DSPBplMwjo7oixkX3y5O-Ju4XzQFIqlD9dnXe3Eaq9XIz_PcCumOv/s320/IMG-20240304-WA0000.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><b>In other news:</b></i></div><div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">Is America named after a Welshman? </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">On this day 1496, John Cabot received the letter of authority from Henry VII to make a voyage of discovery to North America.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">It has been suggested that the name, 'America' was derived from the name of Richard ap Meryk, anglicised to Richard Amerike, a wealthy Bristol merchant of Welsh descent who was the principal owner of the 'Matthew', the ship sailed by John Cabot the Italian navigator during his voyage of exploration to North America in <span style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><a style="animation-name: none !important; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>1497.However, the more widely held view is that America is the named after the Italian explorer, Amerigo Vespucci. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">Richard Amerike was born at Meryk Court, Weston under Penyard, near Ross-on-Wye in 1445 and was a descendant of the Earls of Gwent. He came into contact with John Cabot when Cabot came to Bristol in 1495 hoping to find sponsors for a voyage of discovery. At that time, Amerike and other Bristol merchants were trying to find new sources of fish and other resources and so impressed were they with Cabot that they arranged an audience with King Henry VII, who gave Cabot the authority to make the voyage and claim lands on his behalf. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">The legend grew that the North American continent had been named for him because he was the main sponsor of the voyage and his coat of arms was similar to the flag later adopted by the independent United States.</div></div></i></div><div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4hvgSaKwZAFwVyH_SskANQY7COgD4ySjpmiqP79G0s2LuHz_2NS6Y-ije24lJLmAxqkvAZq4k9hCeaYvA_AmI7X51-Vk0NJ7rxP08arBTdeuYEm0i7qnCGfDqnymmhkDKDV-az42lcgeFZgZF56Jg5-DuO9qiq2VsRGZQKIGWt-6TFfrwxy49WXW0x9TY/s235/usa1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="235" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4hvgSaKwZAFwVyH_SskANQY7COgD4ySjpmiqP79G0s2LuHz_2NS6Y-ije24lJLmAxqkvAZq4k9hCeaYvA_AmI7X51-Vk0NJ7rxP08arBTdeuYEm0i7qnCGfDqnymmhkDKDV-az42lcgeFZgZF56Jg5-DuO9qiq2VsRGZQKIGWt-6TFfrwxy49WXW0x9TY/s1600/usa1.jpg" width="235" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjC4O5id2AWz6lDboa9wDzA4ClZMhlnqaVybWjNkaS6hOC7SIEZ-D40mFY72O5c-jz5AdbeVH23mj3PLPBnr7FqJLJiHfOUL9kKeyFEg22FdE2kvIb9xM6T-x6qbcwCrUbf-0EyKGdbv-oNoWulxO6IH6h3dRm1kx9whJGQ9NhQa8x5_oS2_OGMylBw6N/s317/usa2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="250" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjC4O5id2AWz6lDboa9wDzA4ClZMhlnqaVybWjNkaS6hOC7SIEZ-D40mFY72O5c-jz5AdbeVH23mj3PLPBnr7FqJLJiHfOUL9kKeyFEg22FdE2kvIb9xM6T-x6qbcwCrUbf-0EyKGdbv-oNoWulxO6IH6h3dRm1kx9whJGQ9NhQa8x5_oS2_OGMylBw6N/s1600/usa2.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2zf41VHWWA7GFwrT7rlLsocn8Su4YmsUeQPa3JiF7LrdHIG5YOtc6J2JOmp4Mb3hx-6aUixQYTTX9fHHkloinnj8_UMdyjxKqvJwXZhlFA5gM6RjuoM1kHRppc8pBwu2WeCT-udTCF-IobfGMBqUt5kzV5hF_eUn8G1qSzfojHLEP35Ay-pQ8CHSWLUxN/s150/usa3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="149" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2zf41VHWWA7GFwrT7rlLsocn8Su4YmsUeQPa3JiF7LrdHIG5YOtc6J2JOmp4Mb3hx-6aUixQYTTX9fHHkloinnj8_UMdyjxKqvJwXZhlFA5gM6RjuoM1kHRppc8pBwu2WeCT-udTCF-IobfGMBqUt5kzV5hF_eUn8G1qSzfojHLEP35Ay-pQ8CHSWLUxN/s1600/usa3.jpg" width="149" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Cheers !</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHQJHixXLtrjTsGIHN_PCSrKfCXHRu1mOLUoPHFQB6vZ8KaUD1qOOy3RXg61zgkfWuPRzQFjNhbeL9OlG4OGrg-Sv1wpegGe8bEfuCYqe89GTe3GsIZNve4npft-sJ2-SKvwbYMqywQipZvp1Ek0Lxketd4IGHYA-lz0WhILp-RFr8h07V3hsn0rccDWB/s518/05032024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHQJHixXLtrjTsGIHN_PCSrKfCXHRu1mOLUoPHFQB6vZ8KaUD1qOOy3RXg61zgkfWuPRzQFjNhbeL9OlG4OGrg-Sv1wpegGe8bEfuCYqe89GTe3GsIZNve4npft-sJ2-SKvwbYMqywQipZvp1Ek0Lxketd4IGHYA-lz0WhILp-RFr8h07V3hsn0rccDWB/s320/05032024.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div>Vollsangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482622602969013598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473398278256898595.post-25604716072388243242024-03-04T21:02:00.001+00:002024-03-04T22:23:45.898+00:004th March 2024 - Monday - Showers and a little brightness<h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>Thought for the day :"My teachers told me I'd never amount to much because I procrastinate so much. 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color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Rain 45 : Dry 17</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Bag 15</i><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">.</i></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Sunday - and Wet</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Still some flowers</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_JUV2BbdGETcJizaDeic3CWJy1dlnHZ6AsVINRyF_vPp15iNnQFfCGIB6nuORCtqRHKd3WmSwAvA-MlWt2Wy78XEkncmEGcKlTa-k_DITucIHAqv0Nu47D9WWyEJY_uQnXw5aVHObss-qbV2J9vx_0KOM98Bz1curjiVGPOtPAXLFsDYdz0nlJjN_zpz2/s4160/IMG_20240302_172557.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_JUV2BbdGETcJizaDeic3CWJy1dlnHZ6AsVINRyF_vPp15iNnQFfCGIB6nuORCtqRHKd3WmSwAvA-MlWt2Wy78XEkncmEGcKlTa-k_DITucIHAqv0Nu47D9WWyEJY_uQnXw5aVHObss-qbV2J9vx_0KOM98Bz1curjiVGPOtPAXLFsDYdz0nlJjN_zpz2/s320/IMG_20240302_172557.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Rain 44 : Dry 17</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Bag 14</i><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">.</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>In Swansea for the installation of the new District Grand Master for South wales in the Royal and Select Masters, and reaffirmation of the current District Officers </div><div><br /></div><div>Out all day so no chance of further Blogging today </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Cheers !</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5QAlBajzW829v_o584coJIzb7qyMT9htvWZDRkDLpsLdgIdGn9kKYpJaXfdEt5o5do6autvBBI4QrNRofqglM6s5jbHRfqNDxp3jINNB50PE8Ztj5LNCU030xQyR3rUuEFCld14i694oFsavMYMAixEqfyzUhj7hyphenhyphenIZzV_slhTF3aTFOMFQUrTZUbvef/s432/03032024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Bag 14</i><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">.</i></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>We are very wet here now - needing to avoid the grass lawn - thought eh ducks are regularly getting our and treddling the grass... 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color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Rain 42 : Dry 17</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Bag 14</i><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">.</i></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Popped down to the post office and saw this bit of crochet</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilogxHa97rAwAnKcD4nMVGbXAhpQ-gI5H3ighXGIRQqqJZUbhwgQ9QjId9n8pioCOHtkAt5BdgHP7IxN-7UxrQq1FTjRbKoR71jW7nklrLHJp2GYJdrHYCIbLUssX47FKAAyIHciuVGP829PADjH45tK8DgpFTwaPHho-sNzVc1WHXvhQR_YBSXy6xNcTh/s4160/IMG_20240229_161704.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilogxHa97rAwAnKcD4nMVGbXAhpQ-gI5H3ighXGIRQqqJZUbhwgQ9QjId9n8pioCOHtkAt5BdgHP7IxN-7UxrQq1FTjRbKoR71jW7nklrLHJp2GYJdrHYCIbLUssX47FKAAyIHciuVGP829PADjH45tK8DgpFTwaPHho-sNzVc1WHXvhQR_YBSXy6xNcTh/s320/IMG_20240229_161704.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Daffodils trying to pop up next to the roadside bench </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Rain 40 : Dry 17</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Bag 14</i><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">.</i></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>And back to the wet again </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>But flowering </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSAEBPl3A9_T58WO19dxSDdC7H6Vp9CnBbrPMck-pzNXPjNHmMlGWEeLIuvUO0CO3ISQwtU8wNIQxVxh9NiGmOEs_KFZlxpmwzGEpmCDLtK56wIV3tC6MJuTeiLIBfqvS6ytaQcUAETRmhHnGV-Kyco4l5LKvdejGpxC2dNzTA1SRf1H6BCKbRWYySRX8/s4160/IMG_20240227_145656.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSAEBPl3A9_T58WO19dxSDdC7H6Vp9CnBbrPMck-pzNXPjNHmMlGWEeLIuvUO0CO3ISQwtU8wNIQxVxh9NiGmOEs_KFZlxpmwzGEpmCDLtK56wIV3tC6MJuTeiLIBfqvS6ytaQcUAETRmhHnGV-Kyco4l5LKvdejGpxC2dNzTA1SRf1H6BCKbRWYySRX8/s320/IMG_20240227_145656.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Bag 14</i><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">.</i></div></div><br /><p>Early start down to Nancy with steps to assist with the delivery of the furniture to her place in Llanboidy.</p><p>Getting too old for this lark.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ob9-EY3tlrTuw8LTzmJYsiFqV9nKn3iH9W3NE7H7L5VrHy7yHVMFTEiFrWROHhTnvFb2xpTEWqUTwIufH7OusSjzec_-82HkxAWhCbZ6lsWsvzWdCcEtmeQB25CYVLykwB8HrWFQzhT5dz7rWThX1zfyxuWvrOHc8FTLe8OvjQtmkWbxHBWnmknveiFw/s4160/IMG_20240226_104058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ob9-EY3tlrTuw8LTzmJYsiFqV9nKn3iH9W3NE7H7L5VrHy7yHVMFTEiFrWROHhTnvFb2xpTEWqUTwIufH7OusSjzec_-82HkxAWhCbZ6lsWsvzWdCcEtmeQB25CYVLykwB8HrWFQzhT5dz7rWThX1zfyxuWvrOHc8FTLe8OvjQtmkWbxHBWnmknveiFw/s320/IMG_20240226_104058.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Rain 39 : Dry 16</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Bag 13</i><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">.</i></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Sunday </i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">'nuff said</i></div><div style="background-color: white; 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color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Cheers !</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwAwoRz8iaJuIc1q3iFMBgFG0fvjvFQ8InxkUDwCIDiReFBgJlXZ9xPh6Y06l0JANBAbFhWJaHn3kuTuYN6fPd3U1wVxEEezxuuynkbQvqGlBns1vzkBDOJLY_bfmTz1YV_Y2kurK6qSZ-ASXP2UnqLRR8LsJs41u8GTOvPs4AV-tUW3Fzx9KTuukoay1u/s634/25022024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="634" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwAwoRz8iaJuIc1q3iFMBgFG0fvjvFQ8InxkUDwCIDiReFBgJlXZ9xPh6Y06l0JANBAbFhWJaHn3kuTuYN6fPd3U1wVxEEezxuuynkbQvqGlBns1vzkBDOJLY_bfmTz1YV_Y2kurK6qSZ-ASXP2UnqLRR8LsJs41u8GTOvPs4AV-tUW3Fzx9KTuukoay1u/s320/25022024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div>Vollsangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482622602969013598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473398278256898595.post-3065980309742507602024-02-24T21:36:00.002+00:002024-03-04T21:44:52.970+00:0024th February 2024 - Provincial Meeting - RCC<h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>Thought for the day :"I am street smart - Sesame Street Smart!"</i></h3><div><br /></div><div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Rain 38 : Dry 16</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Bag 12</i><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">.</i></div></div></div><div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Saturday and Provincial Meeting at Bridgend for the Red Cross of Constantine ...</i></div><div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">First Dry day we have seen for a while and I have been ensconced in a Masonic Meeting </i></div><div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Not much to post today </i></div><div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Cheers !</i></div><div><br /></div><div><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Rain 38 : Dry 15</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i>Bag 12</i><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">.</i></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Sorted out one of the old gazebos today and with lots of extra bits in other bags managed to get one full gazebo up and ready to use. Put it up at Tom's so he could get on with some painting in the rain.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Windscreen wipers failed on the Landie, and had taken it up to him to look at and in fairness he dropped everything and striped the motor down and rebuilt and it is working now. Seemed only fair to give him something in return.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">Gt caught in two showers walking the dogs.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5sROiB8z9Yazos_tiRHRhYJgjThtTI0cVsIgwnUeF2p-T68ZDwUV5aLqjADNcufRQGcSshKNrux2cf_u0w0X6Z5FPpFQb2cA6M5gzxwBC5ik6C8KiD1nJUfvDiovJMKx7_pRHbGdh5DC2VRj3_tCs5X3bquyJqJYPrvBl3OfHHaZld-lAKx9zpX2yx7f/s4160/IMG_20240210_130302.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5sROiB8z9Yazos_tiRHRhYJgjThtTI0cVsIgwnUeF2p-T68ZDwUV5aLqjADNcufRQGcSshKNrux2cf_u0w0X6Z5FPpFQb2cA6M5gzxwBC5ik6C8KiD1nJUfvDiovJMKx7_pRHbGdh5DC2VRj3_tCs5X3bquyJqJYPrvBl3OfHHaZld-lAKx9zpX2yx7f/s320/IMG_20240210_130302.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMcLbf4nGSDU4sP9la3qiw9i6c1UruAl2fjl2TmFcfHlic0YRpgy2_lAft6DbMo2wfGXOYxmxEk_vrNeWWRtmzlaBghoW-CnUVNHD4JbPE2z2FMjIv2-0UrlzGSFl9ZiJJdUpqZ2YYWVtgheUikJg_T8BTG7s2XbctW2KnPHCyYu4roqcMFh2u9fB-kA08/s4160/IMG_20240210_130259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMcLbf4nGSDU4sP9la3qiw9i6c1UruAl2fjl2TmFcfHlic0YRpgy2_lAft6DbMo2wfGXOYxmxEk_vrNeWWRtmzlaBghoW-CnUVNHD4JbPE2z2FMjIv2-0UrlzGSFl9ZiJJdUpqZ2YYWVtgheUikJg_T8BTG7s2XbctW2KnPHCyYu4roqcMFh2u9fB-kA08/s320/IMG_20240210_130259.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFhX5tBAXVFwzZAXrWP7We8F53GH7NO5w0k-lu8_YBRTRSDKIdeVm_FrtLVkQd7xZxAnYuWAKfqVNi9lBW_Ea84Jt0BjJkNf65Ku9PAxb1DSeRolP1cowIsDAo5NCyhg7RxRvpiVq-3l1mwdZSduhxwM6m13LUhCKv4QRAauBzELQEkfFAzW6qM03dQHW/s4160/IMG_20240210_130349.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFhX5tBAXVFwzZAXrWP7We8F53GH7NO5w0k-lu8_YBRTRSDKIdeVm_FrtLVkQd7xZxAnYuWAKfqVNi9lBW_Ea84Jt0BjJkNf65Ku9PAxb1DSeRolP1cowIsDAo5NCyhg7RxRvpiVq-3l1mwdZSduhxwM6m13LUhCKv4QRAauBzELQEkfFAzW6qM03dQHW/s320/IMG_20240210_130349.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">Gave up with the pet trackers as they were just not working. In fairness had an excellent response form the Tech Support from Amazon - not that they could do anything with it - but they within a couple of minutes of requesting a call back and decided straight away to refund. Cannot complain about the service at all. Better than buying from the supplier, who wanted me to pay for the return postage and wait until they had examined it before refunding.</span></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">In other news</i></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX_QpVjXMETu8_8g8iDzBu5HQQVj07cWZdKpYPZtWvLCVfDJWso3WrAAhinrcHcawHJQS7JLVaR85W-DUHIQdykdaNpMj_lwBcT6YqAbG706B354P4OKjFDOv-UMAD6qaLxSZyAZUSjxdPhwBD0kgK3X5mKhvhWbuGIeWmGTk3kDJZ7V8Ii3QWGQ3HrQcj/s320/cats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="258" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX_QpVjXMETu8_8g8iDzBu5HQQVj07cWZdKpYPZtWvLCVfDJWso3WrAAhinrcHcawHJQS7JLVaR85W-DUHIQdykdaNpMj_lwBcT6YqAbG706B354P4OKjFDOv-UMAD6qaLxSZyAZUSjxdPhwBD0kgK3X5mKhvhWbuGIeWmGTk3kDJZ7V8Ii3QWGQ3HrQcj/s1600/cats.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><br /><i style="font-size: 14.85px;">In other news</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><i style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><b>On 23rd February 1959,</b> the flag currently in use was officially recognised as the national flag of Wales.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">A history of factors associated with the Welsh Flag;</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">It is thought that the Romans brought the dragon emblem to what is now Wales in the form of the Draco standards carried by Roman cavalry units. The Draco itself originated with the Sarmatians, a unit of whom were stationed in Britain from the 2nd to 4th centuries.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">The <span style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><a style="animation-name: none !important; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>oldest known use of the dragon to represent Wales is from the Historia Brittonum, which is commonly attributed to the Welsh monk Nennius around 830. The text describes a struggle between two serpents who prevent King Vortigern from building a fortress. This story was later adapted by Geoffrey of Monmouth in Historia Regum Britanniae (c. 1136) into a prophecy by Merlin that the white dragon, representing the Saxons would at first dominate but would eventually be conquered by the red dragon, symbolising the Celts. Geoffrey also tells us that King Arthur had a golden dragon banner.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">In 1400 Owain Glyndwr raised a golden dragon on a white background as his banner during his revolts against the occupation of Wales by the English crown.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">Henry VII's banner at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485 incorporated a red dragon, which he attributed to Cadwaladr, King of Gwynedd from c.655 to 682, on the Tudor colours of green and white. Afterwards it was carried in state to St Pauls Cathedral and included as a supporter of the Tudor royal arms to signify their Welsh descent.</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA2pa1bRe_91hDFPPmselm7JW1cgQFlmgvOZ0HdRTN2CWsPBlXJZe241aWDWLX0etETq59XyDABEQSdeCgmZmMVXYH3q37FXywWrXcxRunNA3M48k4T288tJOF8VIeuO98IPT8a9RRnO-lOLqKFC7lkR0O9eKOmkipSxgEKoH8tqZY_9XfJZ9bqtFMnzIM/s540/flag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="238" data-original-width="540" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA2pa1bRe_91hDFPPmselm7JW1cgQFlmgvOZ0HdRTN2CWsPBlXJZe241aWDWLX0etETq59XyDABEQSdeCgmZmMVXYH3q37FXywWrXcxRunNA3M48k4T288tJOF8VIeuO98IPT8a9RRnO-lOLqKFC7lkR0O9eKOmkipSxgEKoH8tqZY_9XfJZ9bqtFMnzIM/s320/flag.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">Cheers !</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCusFW54b1Wn4JNyebutqO_jGr_4FELkgcNfVUyyyALa8PQ3sEmlTuyxwVHaeYHDeLoxtkC96Ws-2AM8O593F4q1uqxJJWDs9hKW5OYb6d9mkux7RwYOGVwCYBjnrllJmlRNWqccRa8SyOjpJnlMZZD5ODQMVINt97XEzm_hBH__rU_lCwL5-si_2DruH/s540/23022024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="540" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCusFW54b1Wn4JNyebutqO_jGr_4FELkgcNfVUyyyALa8PQ3sEmlTuyxwVHaeYHDeLoxtkC96Ws-2AM8O593F4q1uqxJJWDs9hKW5OYb6d9mkux7RwYOGVwCYBjnrllJmlRNWqccRa8SyOjpJnlMZZD5ODQMVINt97XEzm_hBH__rU_lCwL5-si_2DruH/s320/23022024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><br /></div></div></div>Vollsangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482622602969013598noreply@blogger.com0